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I blamed myself that I hadn't thought of it earlier, and so, steppin' forward, I called out to them to ease up we wouldn't struggle on for Cattewater, but drop hook in Jennycliff Bay, somewhere inside of the Merchant Shipping anchorage. As things were, this would save a good hour more likely two hours. 'And, said I, 'you can take the boat, all three, and leave her at Barbican steps.
Just then, to top my terror, Master Link Andrew came aft to me the wind seemed to blow him along and 'I beg your pardon, Mr. Wilkins, said he, 'but in my opinion she's dragging. "Just think of it, sir! There was I, in sole charge of a hundred boys or so, and knowing no more what to do than the ship's cat. . . . She was dragging, too; sagging foot by foot in towards the dark of Jennycliff Bay.
From Plymouth we were to sail for home. "We had dropped hook in the Merchant Shipping Anchorage, as they call it; which is the eastern side of the Sound, by Jennycliff Bay. That last day of the regattas a Saturday the wind had been almost true north, and freshish, but nothing to mention: beautiful sailing weather for the small boats.
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